"CHAUCER" JUN ON THE FRINGE

PETE Morton has switched from being a punk rocker into a medieval travelling troubadour.
The Leicestershire-born performer, who has also toured Europe as a busker, brings his self-penned work on Geoffrey Chaucer, sometimes referred to as
the father of English literature, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Pete, now 46, was born in Leicestershire, first started performing by singing his little sister to sleep when she was three years old.
He progressed to a church choir and then punk with two school bands.
Then he discovered folk songs at 16 when he left school and went solo.
He said: "I became a busker and travelled around Europe until I was 22 then came back to play in folk clubs.
"I then toured around the world, mainly
solo, sometimes with Urban Folk.
"My recent projects have been an album of
songs in different languages and the development of Geoff Chaucer Junior, a medieval bard which I'm bringing to the Fringe.
"I claim to be the son of Geoffrey Chaucer and the inventor of rock n roll."

*For the record: Wikipedia says: "Geoffrey Chaucer was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat.
"Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales.
"Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular Middle English, rather than French or Latin."
Pete, or rather "Geoffrey Chaucer Jnr", appears at The Acoustic Music Festival at St Bride's on August 26, 27 and 28.